Sentences with phrase «early point of the season»

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But in the quarter ending Dec. 31, which included the key holiday season, handbags costing $ 400 or more generated 50 % of sales, up 20 percentage points from a year earlier.

I found myself way too invested in an early regular season game between two middling teams, though it was an entertaining show: New York's 7» 3 ″ phenom / freak - of - nature Kristaps Porzingis dropped 31 points in a 107 - 103 New York win.

This includes the adverse impact of 130 basis points due to the earlier Lenten season and Easter along with the shift of Lobsterfest.

On a blended same - restaurant sales basis, results for Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse were down 1.9 % in the fourth quarter, which includes the adverse effect of an earlier Lenten season and Easter that impacted blended same - restaurant sales by 40 basis points.

While some stretch this season past their third decade, most of us tend to settle down at some point in our late twenties or early thirties.

I understand that a way to keep Lecoq is to not sign a Dm in the moment but I may point that we had him from the start of the season and if Wenger was doing well his job he would have used him earlier and we would not maybe be fifth in the table.

It was because we had a lot of clean sheets early last season that we could get a lot of points and still make 4th despite the disasters that came later.

Better we loose 3 Points and Wenger realizes early enough that the squad is still short of the quality needed to challenge for the title than go a whole season with a squad that's neither here nor there

Long overdue decision if you ask me, if only Wenger had been braver earlier on in the season the Kos / Gab partnership would have properly gel by now... but this is Wenger we are talking about, he might still decide to opt for his favorite, meritocracy is not one of Wenger's strong point

Everton's Romelu Lukaku has near - matched the goalscoring of the duo while his side sit in the bottom half of the table, so we cant stop analysing on this one point, although if Giroud and Walcott had continued their form of the early season, I have no doubt we would be topping the table at present.

We are also preparing to start the season without Koscielny and Giroud due to their international campaign with France, and should we fail to pick up some crucial early points, we could struggle to get back on terms with the big teams this year, especially when we have to start juggling Champions League football also, where the likes of United, Chelsea and Liverpool do not.

It's still early in the regular season and with 12 points from their great showing in volleyball, Team Bemoras still has plenty of time to grab a top spot come August.

The Citizens have been immensely impressive this season, going on an absurd record - setting run of wins, and look to have all - but wrapped up the Premier League title at this early point in the term.

Even in an early Round of 32 loss in this season's NCAA Tournament, Mitchel dropped 28 points and made 6 - of - 16 threes.

Sefolosha, the man who was once the Thunder's «3 and D» option on the court, has seen his three - point shot go missing in the early part of the season.

Georgia, with a season high in points, has won three of four entering the last week of the regular season, but the Bulldogs showed why they've been so fickle this year, leading by 22 early in the second half before falling flat offensively and letting LSU pull within single digits in the closing minute.

The B1G made a point of starting their conference tourney early this season, they snuck a few conference games in during December

It's worth pondering whether Richardson has that level of comfort yet with the way these plays are being blocked since he did get traded in the early part of the season, but at some point he just has to put his head down and run as if he is trying to make it through a brick wall.

I'm pointing out that all this «sample size» and «it's early» and «stop being negative» talk is ignoring very real problems with this team because people don't want to believe that maybe, just maybe, the expectations were too high at the start of the season.

In Shanahan's first - floor office, with the practice fields outside his window (at one point, in an early phase of the off - season strength and conditioning program, a group of players including quarterbacks Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley stretched out on the field), he and Lynch studied candidates; Marathe and vice president of player personnel Adam Peters filtered in and out, in between projects and calls.

The way these guys were playing at one point earlier in the season, the idea of moving into first place in the Atlantic Division seemed laughable.

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.

so far in the season, Arsenal have been the better team and the 9 points cushion is fully deserved but it is still quite early to count them out of the title battle especially if they start to play good football (hard to believe) there are some factors that will affect their PL season: 1) will they take Europa League seriously and play to win in thursdays?

This form has seen them shoot into second place in the Premier league table just 2 - points behind early leaders Chelsea and fans will be hoping that these big injury set - backs will not have too great of an effect on their club's form as the season progresses and they will welcome back Flores when he returns from his suspension in several week's time.

When people debate Rodgers» legacy at Anfield, his fans will point the 2013/14 season as an incredible achievement — one that, in many ways, would ultimately cost him his job as it was a title challenge that came much earlier than expected; the club were ahead of schedule in terms of building a competitive side, and the emotional turmoil of ultimately losing out on the final day of the season meant there was simply no recovery.

Nathan MacKinnon is riding an eight - game scoring streak, the third - longest point streak of his career (13 straight in 2013 - 14 and nine straight earlier this season — December 29, 2017 through January 20, 2018).

They could have come seriously u8nstuck if they had lost Costa earlier in the season, or Matic, Terry, Ivanovic, Fabregas or many more, at any point of the campaign.

We dominated Sp ** s at The Emirates earlier this season and with better finishing and composure in the second half we could easily have doubled that score.The team were focused and kept a good shape all through the game.We should not need motivating for a game as big as this.The fact it's a NLD is important enough but 3 points will put us in with a chance of getting back into the mix for a top 4 finish.Anything less and we will struggle.

Just to refresh your memory, that policy cost us a lot of points early on last season when a lot of players were consistently shocking, whilst others like Rosicky couldn't even get a kick.

Based on this information, we placed Brady's value to the spread at 6 - points and re-assessed the early lines from CG Technology to determine how Brady's suspension will likely impact the Patriots» lines for the first four weeks of the season.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

As I stated previously the club can absorb from a financial point of view the empty seats this season because they were already paid for — but empty seats next season, especially early in the season would be a result of fans not renewing their season tickets or a lack of one - off purchases of tickets which is feasible considering the fans unhappiness.

We do need one more thought Flamini might move to accommodate le Coq and aWC DM like let's say Scheinderlin or Llaramendi for example... to fulfill our objectives next season and not lose so many points so early & also be more solid against big teams consistently... but given room for Coquelin to keep improving and getting is a testament of the manager trust that he can be that guy for us until the end of the season and play a big role the next one even with a DM purchase.

Chelsea go into the match with City five points clear of Manuel Pellegrini's side but will be wary not to write off their main rivals for the Premier League title yet after already losing an eight point lead gained earlier this season.

To me he already looks better than he did at just about any point last season, and I think it's too early to call his last week of games any more or less indicative than his first week of games.

I think the point to all of this is if you sign your players early, they bed into the team, join in pre-season games and are ready to go at the start of the season.

Away at a newly promoted team early in the season, it's inexcusable to be dropping points, and to be honest despite our higher number of attempts, they came closest to scoring a winner, not us.

Mourinho will, if the past is an indication and seeing how scared Wenger was of Man U when played them earlier this season, playing not to lose despite Man U not playing very well at the time, will find a way to beat us in the head - to - head, this means we would be 1 point ahead of Man U if Spurs beat us in the head - to - head they are 2 points infront of us.

U have a fair point if those deals are done... N we end our league trophy drought... But still wenger should have done those deals earlier so that our new comers would gel into the team by the start of the season... always last moment transfers and waiting like vultures for özil like transfer sagas There should be a proper transfer plan

But if Arsenal can produce the sort of football we all know they are capable of, especially a repeat of the demolition of Chelsea earlier in the season, we could have nine points from three games against Burnley, Watford and Chelsea.

While some may point to us still suffering with long injury lay offs to the likes of Giroud and Wilshere, the stats show that the bulk of our injury problems were in the early stage of the season and it was always going to take some time for Forsyth and his methods to have an effect.

Madrid have been disappointing domestically this season and have been far off the pace of La Liga leaders Barcelona from the start of the season with the gap between the two clubs even exceeding 20 points at earlier points in the season.

It is too early to say, of course, but Dortmund are already well behind Bayern Munich, in eighth place in fact, having finished a massive 19 points behind their rivals last season.

Playing on a medical exemption for the beginning of 2017, Poulter seemingly just missed out gaining the requisite points to retain his PGA Tour card earlier this month, but an error found by Brian Gay's wife in the points recalibration from season - to - season helped Poulter and Gay win an appeal to keep their cards.

Only time will tell and everyone connected with Arsenal will be hoping that both of these clubs and their new managers hit the skids at some point, but early indications are that both will be there or thereabouts when the EPL trophy is decided at the end of the season.

Although Simmons may not be the franchise changing talent that people were expecting earlier in the season, he's highly reminiscent of Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo — a tall and athletic forward with tremendous athleticism and a point guard's skill set.

Obviously the loss of an MVP - caliber player is significant, but earlier in the season when Rose was injured the line dropped only two points.

Let's be honest, Gooners, and admit that not many people out there who have been watching what goes on in the early stages of the new season is giving Arsenal much of a chance of coming away from our Premier League match this weekend with all three points.

The German international celebrated his first ever competitive hat - trick last week, in the 6 - 0 demolition of Ludogorets, which brought his tally for the term up to six in all competitions at this early point in the season, two under his tally of the previous year.

No way we would have nicked that point playing so poorly for the majority of the match without him between the sticks... People put out these predictions earlier in the season.